Best Sale 🛒 Elite Gourmet ESB-301BF Countertop Single Cast Iron Burner, 1000 Watts Electric Hot Plate, Temperature Controls, Power Indicator Lights, Easy To Clean, Black 😉

3 reviews for Best Sale 🛒 Elite Gourmet ESB-301BF Countertop Single Cast Iron Burner, 1000 Watts Electric Hot Plate, Temperature Controls, Power Indicator Lights, Easy To Clean, Black 😉

1. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Walter O. – January 26, 2022

   Who doesn’t like the controlable heat of a Gas Stove? Changes instantly and is continuously variable from Low to High. Vietnamese Restaurants invoke huge gas flames, 80,000 BTU’s surrounding the sides of a wok to stir fry a meal put together in one or two minutes. Modern Electric portable cooking appliances don’t work that way. Temperature is controlled by turning the heat on and off for a duration controlled by the temperature knob. Unlike many electric cookers that have preset temperature settings – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4, this little gem’s temp is continuously variable, but still regulates heat via the On – Off method. I was skeptical at first. infra red hot plates turn the heat on and off very quickly. Imagine turning the gas on medium for twenty seconds, then off for 15 seconds. The old-style concentric ring of glowing orange coils worked very well, but I think safety concerns for a portable device that can cause a fire or serious harm to a curious child have taken precedence over old style designs. My main four-burner is an Induction Stove. Flameless. Skeptical, I conducted an experiment. I have a Ceramic Slow-Cooker type Bowl/Pot. Relatively heavy, about 5/16 thick with a glass lid. The Base of this pot just fits the ring of the Elite Hot plate with about 1/16 of an inch to spare. I filled it with 5 1/2 quarts of room temperature water to within an inch of the rim and turned on the heat to MAX; that equates to number 6 on the temperature control knob. Keep in mind the overall weight and thickness of the pot, designed as a slow-cooker. Not like regulation aluminum or stainless steel. Also, there’s a lag in heating the cast iron plate of the burner and cooling it down. It took about two hours to heat the water to a raging, furious boil that was splashing over the edge onto the counter top despite the glass lid. The pot is shaped like a flower pot so no water got onto the burner plate. I turned the heat down to 4 1/2 and slowly, the water settled into a nice steady boil, perfect for slow cooking had there been any food in the pot. There was a barely imperceptible surge as the heat turned on and off, hardly even noticeable, that has no practical effect on cooking. The thick cast iron plate acts as a heat sink that disperses the heat evenly when the plate is off. More so the large thick pot full of over a gallon of water retains a lot of heat. The ultimate test, I think. I suppose that for cooking Bacon and Eggs the Elite would work well. I bought it solely for use as a slow cooker since the heating bin for my big pot gave up the ghost with not a whole lot of use. This will do for a replacement. I have a vintage 50’s glow orange coil type hot plate that also works to heat this pot. In direct contact with 1100 watts of glowing coils, it heats 5 1/2 quarts in less than half the time of the Elite. I made a 20 amp 110 VAC on/off set-able timer – e.g. 8 hours 30 minutes – out of three dollars worth of parts to be used as an in-line timer. For unattended use – just set it and forget it – I’d prefer to use this Elite hot plate rather that the old glowing coil set up. Cooking time not a problem with a Slow Cooker. It can cook while asleep, or at work; on the back patio – cut the upper two-thirds off a 55 gallon drum and set it inside against the wind… or not. Crude, but effective. Overall, I agree with other reviewers who give it a good rating. I’ve tried different products of this type that I returned for one reason or another. Used as a portable Fifth Burner, it works well enough to be of good use. For me, it’s a keeper.

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Vanessa Sumner – October 26, 2022

   I took this on a 5 day tent camping trip. I had previously been using an alcohol stove at my husband’s insistence cuz he thought they were cool (they ARE cool in an emergency; definitely a pain in the rear when trying to cook 3 meals a day and then having to clean black soot off your cookware and also try not to die breathing the smoke!!). ~I~ insisted we try a hot plate and man, oh man, did it change my camping experience. It felt super safe like I didn’t have to stand right over it while boiling water in my kettle (unlike the alcohol stove where I felt like I needed to hover with a fire extinguisher in case it set the whole desert on fire!). It boiled kettle water in like 5 mins or so. Boiled mac and cheese water in about 8 mins or so. I cooked a one pot meal that turn out well. After I was done cooking with it, it needed to cool down for about 20-30 mins (depending on the outside temp- it was 89 in Phoenix where we camped for the first 2 days, then 69 towards southern AZ where we camped the last 3 days). Only negative I can see is the very short cord- we had 3 outdoor extension cords so it was not a problem for us, but buyers be aware that the cord is quite short. The other thing is, I cut myself on the lip of the hot plate taking it out of the box. It was only a small cut and I’m not making a big deal out of it, but I think it could have been a worse cut at a different angle. Just be careful. I’ve put it in and taken it out of the box a bunch of times since then and have not cut myself.

3. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Dotty’s Mom – November 11, 2022

   I purchased this to use in our RV. Our gas stove will not regulate down low enough to simmer some items, but this works great for that. I haven’t tried to boil a large pot of water for cooking pasta, but I bet it won’t have a problem. For the moment I’ve been testing it in our kitchen for various cooking demands and it has worked well for all.The temperature control works well enough, but it has somewhat longer cycle times than I am used to. Depending on the temperature setting it may be on (indicator light on) for two minuets, and then cycle off for two minutes, so there can be a long “coast period”. This is no deal breaker, it just takes some getting used to.Be prepared it has a short (28″ long) power cord, although they say you can use an adequate gauge extension cord. A 5′ or 6′ length would have been a much better choice.Yes, I would purchase this again, and recommend it to others.